robbanóanyaglencséket

Robbanóanyaglencséket, which translates to "explosive lenses" in Hungarian, refers to a critical component in implosion-type nuclear weapons. These lenses are precisely shaped pieces of high explosive material designed to create a perfectly symmetrical inward shock wave. When detonated simultaneously, the carefully calculated shapes of the explosive lenses focus the blast energy onto a fissile core, such as plutonium or highly enriched uranium. This extreme and uniform compression is essential to achieve the critical mass necessary for a nuclear chain reaction. The design and manufacturing of these lenses are highly complex and require extreme precision to ensure the implosion is uniform enough to initiate a successful detonation of the nuclear material. Without the precise focusing of the shock wave provided by the robbanóanyaglencséket, the fissile material would not reach the density required for a nuclear explosion. The concept was pioneered during the Manhattan Project.